“Dorrie's
quest to join the heroic lybrarians in protecting intellectual freedom
in all times and climes takes her literally and figuratively
from Passaic, New Jersey, into deadly waters in this madcap sequel to
The Accidental Keyhand… Never a dull moment in this lybrary school.” –Kirkus

Summary:

Now that Dorrie’s an apprentice, she has the power to save Petrarch’s Library—or destroy it.

Shelve This Book Under “D” for Dangerous.

(Also daring, dramatic, dashing,
daft, and dazzling!)

After
stumbling upon the secret society of time-traveling ninja librarians,
Dorrie has finally joined Petrarch’s Library as an apprentice!
One day, she’ll actually go on missions to rescue people whose words
have gotten them into trouble. For now she’s taking some
interesting classes:

-
First and Last Aid: When Nobody Else is Coming

-
Spears, Axes, and Cats: Throwing Objects with Precision and Flair

-
Codes, Invisible Inks, and Smoke Signals: Keeping Secrets 101

But
on a training mission to 1912 England, Dorrie finds herself dangerously
close to a member of the Stronghold – the Library’s biggest
enemy. This is her opportunity! Dorrie can spy on the enemy, find the
missing key…and become a real Lybrarian!

But
if she makes a mistake, Dorrie could lead their enemy right to the very
place she’s trying to save…and everyone she cares about.

The
thumbtacks were plastic—and scattered the length and breadth of
Great-Aunt Alice’s shabby ballroom where the Barnes family did most of
its living and dining and everything-
else-ing. The reason that Dorrie, coffee can in hand, was crawl- ing
among the thumbtacks—and occasionally upon them, feeling slightly mocked
by their cheerful colors—was that she had a four-year-old sister. A
sister who had thought it made perfect sense to
create a thumbtack garden beside the sofa and even more sense to run
over it with a vacuum. The results had been spectacular.

Only
a minute before, the tacks had been zinging through the air,
ricocheting with hard pings off windows and Great- Aunt Alice’s piano,
embedding themselves in lampshades and
couch cushions, and sending four members of the Barnes family streaking
for cover. The fifth member—the perpetra- tor of the event—had simply
squealed in delight. The sixth member—Great-Aunt Alice—had not been home
at the time. Even if she hadn’t been halfway
around the world, it’s quite likely she would still have escaped the
need to streak for cover since, preferring order to chaos, she visited
the Barnes on their side of her decrepit mansion as rarely as possible.

The
reason Dorrie was on pins and needles was because a week ago, she’d
been abruptly sent home from Petrarch’s Library, the headquarters of the
Lybrariad, a society of warrior
lybrarians who took very unkindly to people who set fire to books or
tossed writers into rat-infested dungeons. Hypatia, the director of
Petrarch’s Library, had given Dorrie only the haziest idea of if or when
she’d be invited to return.

Since
the lybrarians who occupied Petrarch’s Library were just as likely to
spend a Monday morning rappelling down a cliff with swords clamped
between their teeth as shelving
books…

And since Dorrie had longed to chase down villains with a real sword ever since she could hold a fake one…

And
since, while staying in Petrarch’s Library, Dorrie had unexpectedly
served as the Unofficial Temporary Apprentice to Hercule-Savinien de
Cyrano de Bergerac—possessor
of the finest sword skills and grandest nose of the seventeenth
century—and wanted to serve as Savi’s Extremely Official
Until-the-End-of-Time Apprentice more than she wanted her heart to keep
beating…

Dorrie was finding the uncertainty excruciating.

Much worse than the pain caused by the thumbtack that had just driven itself into her knee.

ALSO BY JEN SWANN DOWNEY:

The Ninja Librarians: The Accidental Keyhand

Available Now in Hardcover and Paperback

Summary:

An Overdue Library Book Can Change Your Life. (So Can a Pet Mongoose.)

When
Dorrie and her brother Marcus chase Moe—an unusually foul-tempered
mongoose—into the janitor's closet of their local library, they
make an astonishing discovery: the headquarters of a secret society of
ninja librarians.

Their mission: protect those whose words get them into trouble, anywhere in the world and at any time in history.

Petrarch's
Library is an amazing, jumbled, time-traveling secret base that can
dock anywhere there's trouble, like the Spanish Inquisition, or ancient
Greece, or...Passaic,
New Jersey. Dorrie would love nothing more than to join the society,
fighting injustice with a real sword! But when a traitor surfaces, she
and Marcus are prime suspects. Can they clear their names before the
only passage back to the twenty-first century closes
forever?

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I am a child of God, the daughter of an amazing woman who worked as a nurse and a man who worked as a State Trooper and later as a pastor, the mother of a precious child with diagnoses of Aspergers (Autism Spectrum) and ADHD. Additionally, I'm the owner of a yappy mixed breed Chihuahua Yorkshire terrier dog named Yoda and three short hair domestic cats: two black ones named Ashley Bella and Cinder Ella and one grey and black spotted one named Tiger Lily. Persevering through life with God's grace as He sustains me with His wonderful peace and amazing love through my own diagnoses of Autoimmune Diseases, Chronic Migraines, and Immune Deficiency, has taught me many valuable life lessons. Homeschooling my son and helping him cope with the frustrations that arise from his brain functioning differently due to the Autism has also been very eye opening as has been walking alongside my parents as my father's diagnosis of Vascular dementia worsens and we lose more of the person we've known for years. I hope you find God's peace and encouragement flowing through the words I share with you. God is, certainly has been, and will continue to be the source of my strength and peace when life is at its craziest. In Him, I find rest and renewal. May you receive His blessings for your life, dear ones. All Glory, Honor, and Praise belongs to God and God alone! Thank you for stopping by and spending time with me.